I'm alive!
Pepper: and I'm sure no one cares!
Me: well probably not. And I am sooooooo sorry this has taken soooo long! I had it written up ages ago but my two new wonderful, awesome beta readers were extremely busy! But I'm sooo thankful for them taking the time to correct it! Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you!
Pepper: and I guess it totally didn't help that your spell check died.
Me: --' Yeah, that didn't. So I now have the longest chappie I have ever written. So enjoy.
'…' Thoughts.
"…" Speech.
Oh and here is a special disclaimer, even though I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh, the duel sequence is taken, well sort-of, from a site-
Check it out for totally awesome episode guides and comparisons! It compares the Japanese version to the American. And I rewrote it BTW. So it's not copied. Just referenced.
In the last chappie.
"Yugi, it is time, the Pharaoh needs your help!" Hathor's voice came. Yugi looked around, and couldn't see her.
"What am I to do?" Yugi called out.
"You will have to duel as the mirror of Yami, don't worry, when you get there you'll know what to do." Hathor calmly explained. " Now, it's time." Yugi could hear Yami call his name and then felt a sudden jerk and found himself in a valley facing Yami.
" Is it really you?" Yugi asks.
Self-destruction.
Yugi looked up in shock, it had worked! For a couple of moments all he felt was joy. He could see his Yami again! But then a crushing reality came down upon him. He had to duel him as a mirror. What it meant was that he had to play the seal.
'This will really hurt his feelings and, and. Can I really do this? I know I have to but, will I be able too?' Yugi wondered.
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The Pharaoh looked at him almost in disbelief as he reached out to try and touch him, to almost see if he was really there. But his hand went through Yugi's shoulder and the Pharaoh stumbles.
'I'm not really here.' Yugi thought with a mental sigh. 'I'm just a spirit, a reflection.'
"Do you come all this way just to see me?" Yugi asks. ' He shouldn't of done that. That way we could both avoid what's coming next. He should be stopping Dartz and his gang. Wait, no. I have to save Yami by duelling him. It's the only way.' Yugi thought to himself in a flash.
"Of course," Yami breathes his reply. "I just wanted to tell you how sorry I am."
"I'm sorry to, I wish this whole thing had never happened." Yugi said sadly.
'Really!' Yugi agrees in his mind.
"It's all my fault. I gave in to the darkness, and you've paid the price. Now that your gone, the darkness is starting to grow inside me. Without your light to keep me pure. I'm becoming evil Yugi. Perhaps what Rafael said about me is true—perhaps I was a wicked Pharaoh. What if I was the one responsible for the destruction of Egypt? If it's true, then it's my soul that should be locked away forever." Yami ranted slightly.
'He really believes it's his fault,' Yugi thought sadly. 'Yami you should know better! I didn't force you to seal me away, it was my choice! Please, please don't think it's your fault!'
"Well what good is that now? I'm the one who's been locked away forever." Yugi's tone changed completely.
'Where did that come from? I didn't say that! I don't even mean that!' Yugi thought, surprised at himself.
"Yugi, I'm sorry!" the Pharaoh said stunned. What had happened to his hikari?
'I'm sorry! I didn't mean that. I don't even know why I said that!' Yugi tried to say but instead;
"The last thing I need is your pity Pharaoh." Yugi said almost disgusted. He pauses then continues, "if you really are evil there's only one thing to do." Yugi turns around and walks back, a duel disk appearing on his arm.
'No, no, no! Why am I saying these things? Oh no. This must be that thing that Goddess talked about. Ok, um Goddess, I've changed my mind. Surly there is another way? I won't do this! Ok, that was so you knew,' Yugi yells at Hathor mentaly. As he turns around he says "It's your spirit that should be locked away, and I'm the one who's gonna do it!"
'Um, maybe you din't hear me? I. Will. Not. Do. This! Please, I don't want to hurt my best friend!' Yugi says again in his mind. He then tries to talk to Yami.
'Yami, please don't listen. I don't mean any of this! Please, I'm so sorry!'
"You misunderstood me." Yami yells anxiously, apparently not hearing Yugi.
"So now you say that you shouldn't, make up your mind!" Yugi yells back.
"You don't deserve to be a part of this world." His voice becomes quieter.
"It's time for you to be a man for once and take reasonsibility for your actions and face me in a duel."
'NO! Why must it be this way? I didn't say ANY of that! Please, anyone. I don't want it to be this way!' Yugi argues in his mind.
"Yugi, I'm not sure," Yami says flatly, still in shock.
"If your really sorry, you'll do this." Yugi says defiantly. Reluctantly Yami activates his duel disk.
"Lets duel," begrudgingly he says.
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'Ok then. I have no other choice! I'll have to fight this as well. As necessary as this may be, it doesn't have to be this way! I won't let it if I can help it!' Yugi resolves as the duel begins.
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"I begin by playing one monster face down," Yugi starts off.
'Ok, good start. So far nothing hurtful.' Yugi thinks.
"I draw and summon Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts (1500 ATK) and attack you directly." Yami says, concentrating on the duel. But Yugi activates a face down card, a monster. Gazelle. But Yugi's Gazelle (as every Gazelle) has a weaker defence points then it's attack so Yugi's got destroyed.
'Who was suppose to win again? Yugi wonders. 'Oh that's right, Yami. Right, good start.' He thinks.
"Yugi, we're holding the same cards, aren't we," Yami asks. (His hand contains Sangan, Dark Magician Girl, Polymerization, Alpha the Magnet Warrior, and Monster Reborn.) Yugi draws.
'Good question. I think so since I'm suppose to be your mirror. Hey, I know how I can avoid playing the seal, let Yami win! But, that won't work since it's supposed to be a real win. 'Yugi argues with himself, ending with a mental sigh. 'And it's not what Yami would do. I have to do this, for him! He's done so much for me. Now it's my turn to save him! But I will do it my way!'
"I play a monster face down and end my turn." Yugi says. Yami meanwhile draws and fuses Berfomet with Gazelle to form Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast (2100 ATK). Then he plays Alpha the Magnet Warrior (1400 ATK), using it to destroy Yugi's defense monster, and attacking directly with Chimera. Yugi's down to 1900 life points.
'If we really have the same hands why didn't Yugi use Monster Reborn to bring back his Gazelle and block my attack? Is Yugi trying to lose the duel on purpose? Or is he trying to throw me off with a diffent strategy?' Yami wonders.
'Ok, now to show him what I've got.' Yugi thinks bravely.
"When Sangan is destroyed it allows me to move a monster from my deck to my hand." Yugi announces.
"That was a good move," Yami starts, but Yugi is fighting with himself not to say something else hurtful.
' No, I won't say anything else to hurt him. I won't!' But he loses and interrupts with "I don't need your support."
'That's not what I wanted to say!' Yugi thinks sadly to himself as he sets a card face down.
"I play, Card Destruction, which requires us to discard our hands and draw new ones." Yugi announces his move.
'End it there, end it there.' Yugi fights himself with, but the mirror force within him wins once more.
"Now our hands will be different so you can't cheat any more!" Yugi says accusingly.
'This must be hurting him so much! I don't even remember him saying things like this. And this force is too strong! No matter how hard I try not too say things it doesn't work. Maybe I'm not trying hard enough! ' Yugi thinks to himself.
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"Yugi why are you acting like this?" Yami asks obviously hurt.
' Apparently to help you. Trust me, I don't want to act this way!' Yugi thinks but says, " I'm just a reflection of you. We're exactly the same, so the darkness in your heart in also in mine." Yami looks shocked for a second.
' I always thought that being a reflection meant I'm opposite. So the God's theory is whacked!' Yugi thinks.
" I wish I could take it all back," Yami says still sad.
'So do I' Yugi replies in his mind but says "it's too late. You've already shown me who you really are, an evil pharaoh who only cares for himself!" Yami just stares slightly at Yugi, who continues accusingly.
"You don't care about what happened to me, as long as you had power. This duel is a chance for you to look at yourself from the inside out!" He pauses and draws.
'Oh no! I'm not doing it! They are not going to make me. I'll fight with everything I have to stop it. There is no way I'm playing this card!' Yugi thinks stubbornly. But then realizes something.
'But this isn't about what I want. I'm doing this for Yami. So he can fight the darkness within. I'm just acting as the image of himself so he can defeat it. As hard as it may be I have to do this. It's what Yami would do for me if it was best. And it is best for him. So I'll do it. For his sake.' Yugi decides. With a mental sigh he then says, " I play the seal of Orichalcos."
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Everyone stares in disbelief! As Yugi reasons with himself the seal forms around them and on Yugi's forehead. Yugi's eyes also start glowing red.
'I hope that was me and not the card talking. I hope this is the right thing to do,' he thinks.
"It's pay back time for taking my soul!" Yugi half yells evilly.
'Gee now I'm correcting half of myself. Yami. Did. Not. Do. This. To. Me! I sacrificed myself. I'm defiantly making that clear when I get out of here!' Yugi thinks. ' But then again on the other hand these things need to be said. It's the only way I can think of that will save Yami. No matter how hard it is on me and him.' Yugi finishes his thought as Yami protests but has no other choice but to replace his hand and continue the duel. It still being Yugi's turn he continues his move.
"I activate my face down card Monster Reborn and use it to bring back Dark Magician Girl. Next I summon Obnoxious Celtic Guardian." Yugi announces. Each monster gains 500 attack points thanks to the Seal, raising Dark Magician Girl's attack to 2500 and Obnoxious Celtic Guardian's to 1900.
"Obnoxious Celtic Guardian, attack Magnet warrior and Dark Magician Girl , destroy Chimera." Yugi orders. Yami's life points drop to 3100, but he uses Chimera's special ability to bring back Berformet in defence mode .
'Dark Magician Girl, Obnoxious Celtic Guardian, Yami, I'm sorry for all this. Please forgive me!' Yugi pleads within himself. Surprisingly, the monsters answer " It's alright Yugi, we know why you have to do this!" Yugi looks up, Yami didn't hear anything.
'Thank-you!' Yugi thankfully replies.
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As Yugi reconciled with his monsters Yami had his turn and summoned Big Shield Gardna in defence mode. Yugi retaliates by summoning Queens Knight and then playing Magic Formula to raise Dark Magician Girls attack from 2500 to 3000.
"I attack Berfomet with Queens Knight and Big Shield Gardna with Dark Magician Girl" Yugi announces his attack. Then finishes up with attacking directly with Obnoxious Celtic Guardian, bring Yami's life points down to 1200.
"It won't be long now! Soon you'll be locked away forever, where you belong!" Yugi shouts evilly. Inside Yugi winces.
'There is a reason for doing this, there is a reason.' He repeats over and over in his mind.
Yami draws, setting a face down card down, then playing Giant Soldier of Stone in defence and finishing up by playing Swords of Revealing Light. 'This will give me three turns to talk some sense into Yugi' Yami thinks worried.
"Your swords mean nothing. I sacrifice Celtic Guardian to summon Catapult Turtle." Yugi announces his move, his Turtles attack rises to 1500 thanks to the seal.
"Oh no! This is what I did last time." Yami realizes horrified.
" Yup, and now it's time for you to experience the consequence of your own evil. Now you'll never duel again." Yugi says, adding, "it's over! I sacrifice Queen's Knight to Catapult Turtle's effect."
'Oh no! This might mean that Yami will lose! No, he'll beat this, I know he will!' Yugi thinks.
'And I'm sorry for putting you all through this,' he apologizes to his monsters.
'We know you don't mean it. No need to apologize, once was enough.' The Monsters thought back.
"NO" Yami yells, snapping Yugi back out of his thoughts.
"Catapult Turtle launch," Yugi announces, brining Yami's life points down to 200. "One more attack and you'll become a prisoner of the Orichalcos, just like me." Yugi says evilly.
'Beat me, come on Yami. I know you can. You,' Yugi starts to silently cheer Yami when he starts to say something.
"I can't lose!" Yami protests, "If I do I can't set you free and two worlds will crumble."
"You don't care about that; you're evil, remember," Yugi spat back. "Last time you didn't care who suffered."
'Beat this, I know you can!' Yugi silent supports.
"I sacrifice Dark Magician Girl to Catapult Turtle effect," Yugi announces his final attack.
'NO! You can't lose, and I can't win. DO SOMETHING!' Yugi screams in his mind. As if he heard him, with the attack drawing nearer Yami too screams, but then activates a trap, Divine Wind. It reverses the attack onto Yugi, doubled in strength. Yami wins.
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Yugi's eyes widen, the mirror force that was controlling Yugi left him. He was free and back to normal. He smiles as the attack hits him instead.
'YES! I knew he could do it! Now he can go back to saving the world, and I can go and give the Gods a piece of my mind! That was cruel!' Yugi thinks. Yami rushes over to Yugi's side of the field and catches Yugi as he fell. Yugi smiles with the seal fading from his forehead.
"You passed the test. I'm sorry but it was the only way. By defeating me you were able to defeat the darkness that was inside your heart. You did what was best for me and all mankind, and acted like a true hero!" Yugi delivers a little speech of explanation.
"But now what?" Yami asks.
"Don't give up. I'll always be with you." Yugi weakly says, as his spirit dissipates, leaving Yami alone in the circle again. As Yugi enters the seal once more he hears Yami call out that he will save him, no matter what.
"Well that's comforting, at least I know he be able to do it sanely now." Yugi thinks aloud as his bubble comes into view, and he passes out once more.
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"Well, Bet is going to have my ass for this." Amun says sadly as Yugi collapses in his bubble.
"Why?" Hathor asks.
"I donno, just a hunch." Amun answers.
"Well, at least he passed." Hathor points out.
"Yeah, I guess. I just hope Yugi is ready for what lies in store for him next." Amun says, sighing.
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Well I hope you enjoyed it!
Pepper: and since my hikari is lazy we have no idea when the next chappie will come out.
Me: Pep, shut up. I promise I will try really, really hard to update something soon! Next week it's the holidays so I will have updated by at most the end of them!
Cya.